panhandle: Meaning and Definition of

pan•han•dle

1. the handle of a pan.
2. (sometimes cap.) a long, narrow, projecting strip of territory that is not a peninsula, esp. such a part of a specified state: the panhandle of Alaska; the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles.

pan•han•dle

1. to accost passers-by on the street and beg from them.

1. to accost and beg from.
2. to obtain by accosting and begging from someone.